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Sy ae Be gle au. « * NY 100-18676 "of poaco and social progress, in the struggle to ward off attacks on the living standards of their familioes, and in defense of the democratic and civil rights of the people, American women are daily giving their answor, They reflect tho new moods and cxpress the now possibilitics for stopping the warmakors,. More and more the women are acquiring the consclousnoss that they will really be to blame if they fail to spcak up in defense of their children and their country. That is why they have raiscd the mass slogans of the camp of peace to cnd the war in Korea and to bring our boys home, ",..American women hava begun to expose the futility and immorality of the A-bomb as a weapon to solve problcoms between nations. That is why they are beginning to join their voicosa with that of thcir ee Re ke rt ee ee lal WO oe te es wv oe Vode Wd ee heck wrathful anti-fascist sistcrs the world over whose role for pcace cannot be over-cstimated. ",,.eComrados! We must now pose tho question: How can we most effoctively rcach tho ovorwhelming majority of women to act for peace? How can wo help to convert desirc for peaco into organization and strugglo? How can wo holp to anchor a women's peace movement, ombracing a majority of women, to a working- class base which will guarantoo it consistency, principle and militancy? "Yot, we do not find full ogreemcnt on tho nocessity to organizco women, as women, in the peaco camp. In numerous pro-Convontion discussions, in our National Woments Commission, particularly, we have been involved in discussions about tho necessity for such a distinct women's pcoaco movement, We all agreed that this porspective must be fully registered and fought for at our 15th National Convention, since it is no secret that the present levol of women's peaca activity, which represents a now level in our wrk among women, has developed with little or no help from